Teen Titans/Yu Yu Hakusho:

"Titanic Spirits"

Chapter 3: "First Date"

Disclaimer: Teen Titans, meaning all of its comic incarnations and current animated incarnation, does not belong to me. Yu Yu Hakusho, both manga and animé, does not belong to me.

Author's note: Now we're going to get into the Hiei/Raven romance. In my opinion, the Teen Titans guest-starred in a YYH episode, or the Reikai Tantei guest-starred in a TT episode, Hiei and Raven would and should get together. Raven has a lot more in common with Hiei than Beastboy, anyway (sorry R/BB fans, but I only speak my honest opinion). Now let's continue.

Timeline: TT, post-"Apprentice." YYH, post-Dark Tournament.

Raven slept in her room, her room that no one was allowed to enter. Ok, Beastboy and Cyborg could come in, and they'd kinda formed a bond since they fought the manifestation of Raven's rage and hatred --- which had been wearing Trigon's image at the time --- together.

Anyway, Raven slept and dreamed.

(Raven's Dream)

Raven was in a gothic-style nightclub, full of dancing bodies wreathed in black. She was all by herself, or so she thought. For in the shadows, a pair of crimson eyes watched her.

Then from out of nowhere, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist from behind. A voice, dark and sensual, whispered in her ear. "Dance with me, Raven."

Raven couldn't help but obey the voice. Soundlessly, she moved onto the dance floor, with the pair of arms still wrapped behind her. She could feel a body attached to those arms, small yet strong. She began to dance, moving her hips to the beat of the music. The body that had its arms wrapped around her moved with her.

"You have no idea how long I've waited to be this close to you," the voice whispered, and she could feel lips brush her ear. The sensation sent pleasant chills down her spine and she could feel herself becoming aroused from his words. Yes, his words, because Raven could tell by the washboard flatness of the body's torso that it belonged to a male. That, and a certain hardness pressing itself against her backside.

"Tell me your name," Raven requested.

"But you know who I am, Raven," the mysterious man replied. "I am the one you desire most."

"Let me see you," Raven whispered, keeping any trace of begging out of her voice.

"Close your eyes," the mysterious man requested. Actually, it sounded more like a command than a request.

Surprising herself, Raven closed her eyes.

"Just lose yourself, Raven," the mysterious man said. "Lose yourself."

Raven continued to dance, her eyes closed. The mysterious man danced with her. Drawn by some irresistible force, Raven tilted her head up and the lips of the mysterious man met her lips. The kiss was gentle, yet it smoldered with dark passion and intensity. It was a bit awkward due to the fact that they were not facing each other, but the kiss went on regardless.

Finally, the kiss was broken.

"Now you may look at me," the mysterious man said.

Raven opened her eyes. The mysterious man was none other than Hiei.

"Hello, Raven," Hiei said, smiling darkly. He turned her around so that she was facing him.

"Hello, Hiei," Raven replied.

"You do desire me, don't you?" Hiei said. "That's why I'm here, in your dream, in your soul, in your heart. That's all right. I want you, too."

He kissed her again, this time with bruising force. Raven kissed back with equal intensity. They pulled back enough to say three words to each other.

"I love you."

"I love you."

(End Raven's Dream)

Raven woke up, gasping and sweating. A quick examination of her nether regions left certain fluids on her fingers.

"It's getting close," she said. She lay back down on her bed and resumed her slumber.

As for Hiei, he was having quite an entertaining dream of his own.

Hiei and Raven were alone in Titans Tower. And making out furiously as they went to her room.

"If we keep going on like this," Hiei murmured in between passionate kisses, "we'll never make it to your room."

"Who . . . cares?" Raven replied, spacing the two words with a kiss.

"I wouldn't feel right, taking you in the hallway," Hiei murmured.

"A gentleman," Raven replied. "What other surprises will you show me, Hiei?"

"Once we get to your room, you'll see," Hiei replied.

Once they were at the door to her room, Raven phased them in. Once they were inside her room, Hiei pinned her to the door and passionately kissed her, one hand on her hip and the other moving upward to caress her breast. Raven wrapped her legs around him, kissing him back furiously.

They moved to her bed, shedding some excess clothing along the way. Hiei discarded his long black coat, revealing that he was wearing nothing but a pair of baggy black pants and black boots. Raven removed her cloak, revealing her black leotard and blue boots.

The two were in kneeling positions on her bed, facing each other. Hiei reached behind her to undo the hidden catch that kept her leotard on. Once that was done, he slowly removed the leotard, revealing Raven in all her petite, shapely glory.

Hiei finally woke up from his dream, and felt a wet stickiness coating his sheets.

"Almost there," he said to himself.

"Are you all right in there, Hiei?" Yukina asked outside his door. "I heard your bed creaking and you making odd noises. I thought someone was trying to hurt you."

"I'm all right, Yukina," Hiei replied. "Go get some sleep, please."

"All right, brother," Yukina conceded, and returned to her bed.

(A/N: Hiei finally decided that his vow to Shigure, the demon who gave him the Jagan, was meaningless compared to his sister's happiness, so he told her. That, and he got over the whole "I'm a felon and she's too kind and pure to ever be associated with one like me" trip.)

Bed creaking, odd noises. Hiei cursed under his breath. He'd probably been humping his bed while dreaming that he was making love to Raven.

He was seriously going to have to relieve himself, he decided. To that end, Hiei got up out of bed and wrapped a robe around himself. He went to the bathroom and turned the cold knob of the shower all the way. Then he hung up the robe and entered the shower. The cold water pierced him like a thousand tiny daggers, but he'd have to go through with it if he was to regain any sense of control.

Hiei growled in frustration. There should be no reason for me to be cowering in a cold shower like some baka ningen teenager! When the full moon rises at its peak, she will be mine. Then in a slightly calmer frame of mind, And I will be hers. The thought comforted him somewhat, the idea of being with the one person who would own his heart and soul.

(A/N: In case you don't know, "baka" is Japanese for "idiot" and "ningen" means "human.")

The next morning, the Titans and Spirit Detectives came together for breakfast.

"Mmmm, smells good," Yusuke said.

As everyone ate breakfast, Hiei and Raven kept looking at each other out of the corner of their eyes. Then they kept looking away just before the other caught them looking. However, it didn't escape the notice of several other table guests.

"Raven, Hiei, why do you persist in casting shy yet amorous glances at each other, then looking away when you think the other might see you?" Starfire asked.

Raven and Hiei merely stared blankly at her.

"Oh, I get it," Beastboy said. "Raven and Hiei are in love."

"Please. You'd have to wake up pretty early in the morning to think of something like that," Raven retorted. (A/N: This quote I appropriated from my friend Lady Hikari, the inspiration for this story.)

"Wait a minute," Robin said. "Trigon told us before that Raven was in the middle of a demon mating cycle. What if . . ."

"You'd be correct in your deduction, Robin," Hiei replied. "I'm currently in a mating cycle of my own."

"Trigon also said that a demon's mating cycle would lead him or her only to a specific person, not just make them screw anything in their path," Robin added.

"Then their mating instincts must have led them to each other," Botan finished.

"Oh, well," Genkai said nonchalantly. "After breakfast, we train again. This time you'll be learning how to use your spirit energy in a fight."

After breakfast, Genkai took Robin to the park for training. It was in a secluded area, where they had little chance of being interrupted.

"Now I want you to lie down," Genkai said.

"Ok," Robin said as he lay down. "But what for?"

"You're going to meditate until you're relaxed enough to sleep," Genkai replied. "Then I'll be throwing rocks at you. You'll use your rei-ki to deflect them, or you'll end up with bruises."

Robin looked at her, slightly aghast.

"Oh, this is training," Genkai said crossly. "Don't tell me that Batman never trained you like this."

"He never said I'd have to lie still and let him shoot things at me," Robin retorted.

"Just do it already," Genkai snapped.

"Ok," Robin said to himself. "Just relax. Think of something relaxing." The first thought that came to him was simply being with Starfire. Not doing much of anything, really, just being in her presence, basking in the radiant light that effortlessly emanated from her. A smile came to his face as he thought of her, his pure angel. Soon enough, he was asleep.

Genkai took a rock and threw it at him. The rock stopped one foot away from him and was thrown back into a tree.

"Impressive," Genkai said to herself. She threw a few more rocks at him, and the same thing happened to each one. They stopped one foot away from Robin and were thrown back into a tree.

Now let's try something else, Genkai thought. Sorry, kid, but you'll never survive if you don't learn to deal with the unexpected. She concentrated her rei-ki into her finger, and then fired a Spirit Gun blast.

The blast should've knocked Robin permanently into his dream world, if not outright killed him, except that it didn't. The blue-white energy blast stopped one foot away from Robin, and this time Genkai could see a faint energy around him, visible only as a slight ripple in the air. The energy blast fired right back at Genkai, and she flipped out of the way, letting the blast knock over a bunch of trees.

Very impressive, Genkai thought. Just then, a baseball flew at Robin. The energy field around Robin stopped it like it had stopped everything else that had been thrown at him. Then, just like all the others, it was thrown back at its source. The result was that the kid who had hit the baseball ended up getting hit in the jaw by that baseball.

"Are you all right, man?" one of his friends asked.

"Yeah," the kid replied, a hard thing to do considering how hard his jaw ached. "But could you get me some ice?"

Back in the isolated area of the park, Genkai smiled at Robin. "Time to wake up, little Robin."

Robin was still sleeping, though.

"Perhaps this will be a suitable wake-up call," Genkai said. She focused her rei-ki into her fist and then extended her fist, firing a barrage of rei-ki blasts, a technique known as the Shotgun. (A/N: Or Spirit Blast Wave, if you go by the English translation of the original Japanese name for that attack.)

The blasts didn't actually connect with Robin, but they were enough to wake him up. Seeing that the blasts were still coming, he instinctively countered with a blast of his own. However, the blast could only be seen as a ripple in the air, like the energy field that had protected him.

"Impressive indeed, Robin," Genkai said, smiling.

"Why did you have to wake me up?" Robin asked, irritated. "I was having a good dream."

"Oh, and was Starfire in it?" Genkai asked, her smile turning into a knowing smirk.

Robin's expression quickly became one of panic and embarrassment. She had him there.

"Ah, young love," Genkai said. "Nothing like it. Now let's go. There's more for you to learn."

"So how was training?" Yusuke asked Robin after he'd come back. "Did she tire you out good?"

"Yeah, she gave me a good workout," Robin replied.

"Fortunately, he was more attentive and respectful an apprentice than you were, slacker," Genkai said.

"Hey, I'm plenty attentive when I wanna be," Yusuke protested.

"And therein lies the problem," Genkai stated sagely. "You only do as you yourself want, with no regard for others."

Yusuke just muttered.

"So what's Robin's spirit power?" Beastboy asked.

"Someone throw something at me," Robin said.

"What?" Cyborg asked. "You want us to throw things at you?"

"Yeah," Robin confirmed.

"Did Genkai hit you in the head too many times?" Cyborg asked.

"No!" Robin replied. "I'm perfectly fine. Now just throw something at me!"

"Robin, I believe Cyborg was right to ask that question," Starfire said. "Your request to have objects propelled at you is not exactly something a lucid person would request."

Cyborg shifted his arm into its cannon mode. "Check this out. I've got a spirit power, too. Rai, kaminari --- Raba Shock!"

His cannon-arm glowed electric blue and released a blast of purple/blue-black lightning at Robin. However, the blast never struck Robin, as the invisible energy field formed around him again, stopping the attack . . . then shooting it right back at Cyborg!

Cyborg dodged.

"What the hell was that?" he asked.

"That's my spirit power," Robin replied. "The way Genkai explains it, I can block any attack directed at me and turn it back on its source."

"I understand," Starfire said. "The shield absorbs the force of any attack thrown at you and then reflects it, using the exact same amount of force exerted in the initial attack."

"Uh-huh," Robin confirmed. "And that's not all." He extended his hand, and Cyborg was knocked off his feet and into a wall. "That's for the Raba Shock."

"How'd you do that?" Cyborg asked.

"With the same power that allowed me to block your attack in the first place," Robin replied.

"And how'd Cy come up with that attack he tried on Robin?" Beastboy asked.

"If Cyborg was totally robotic, he wouldn't be able to use spirit energy, since spirit energy is only possessed by biological beings," Genkai replied. "However, since he is partly technological and partly biological, his power simply merges rei-ki with the energy from his robotic parts. That created a new form of spirit energy, which I call technological spirit energy, or jinzo-rei-ki." (A/N: You already know by now that "rei" means "spirit" and "ki" means "energy," so I'll just explain this: "Jinzo" is the Japanese word for "machine" or "man-made." Therefore, "jinzo-rei-ki" = "machine spirit energy.")

"Y'know," Beastboy said to Hiei and Raven, "you two should go out on a date."

"A date?" Hiei and Raven echoed.

"Yeah," Beastboy confirmed. "If you two are going to actually become mates, then you oughtta get to know each other better. Y'know, so it won't be like a one-night stand."

That night, Hiei was getting dressed for his date with Raven. Instead of his baggy pants, he wore a pair of tight black leather pants, and a sleeveless black shirt. To that, he added black leather bindings around each forearm and a pair of very thin white belts where one average-sized belt would be. He kept his sword with him, just in case.

Raven was getting dressed for her date with Hiei. During this, her personalities were talking amongst themselves.

"Why does she always have to wear black or some really dark color?" Happy Raven asked. "Pink is the way to go! But I'm sure Hiei-chan will look really great when we see him!"

"This dating might not be so bad," Intellectual Raven said. "I could learn many things about how people are supposed to interact on a date."

"Do any of you know what tonight is?" Perverted Raven asked, smirking.

"The night of the full moon?" Intellectual Raven replied.

"Yes," Perverted Raven confirmed. "But the night of the full moon is the height of the demon mating cycle. Which means . . ."

"Booya!" Brave Raven shouted. "Hiei, you are mine!"

Timid Raven was shivering in terror. "No . . . I don't wanna lose my virginity!!" she cried, twin fountains of tears pouring from her eyes.

"Quit being such a baby," Brave Raven snapped.

"The peak of the full moon is the perfect time for Hiei and I to be one," Perverted Raven said, letting out a low "mmm" of anticipated pleasure. "By the way, Raven, you might wanna try the bustier and leather skirt. They really show off your curves. Hiei won't be able to keep his hands off you."

Just then, they heard the song "Everywhere" being sung by another one of Raven's personalities. Soon enough, the source of the singing revealed herself.

It was another Raven, but dressed in a rose-red version of Raven's outfit. She had her hood off, revealing a red rose in her hair.

"Ahhh, the moment has come at last," she said when she finished. "The night when my true love and I shall be joined together in sweet bliss."

(A/N: Don't get it? That's Raven's romantic side.)

Romantic Raven pulled the rose out of her hair and smelled it. "Ah, the rose, the flower that has inspired lovers everywhere. Does its color not remind you of sweet Hiei's eyes?"

"Shut up, you miserable sap," Evil Raven sneered. "I've had enough of watching you prance about singing love songs and reciting love poetry. You make me sick."

"You only say that because your black heart is far too cold and hard for you to feel the joys of love," Romantic Raven replied.

In the real world, Raven finally decided to keep the leotard, but discarded the cloak and wore the black leather skirt over it. She also kept the gold chain-belt she usually wore. The shoes she chose to complete the ensemble were a pair of knee-high stiletto-heeled boots, and her legs were encased in black fishnet stockings.

"Now just remember what I taught you and you'll be fine, Raven," her perverted self said.

When Raven came out of her room, the males in the Tower were gaping in amazement. Out of all of them, Kurama was the only one who bothered to behave like a gentleman at all. The others just stared like fools.

"Boys," Raven said. "Close your mouths. Unless you want me to examine your teeth for you."

The guys recovered their senses. "Sorry," Robin said. "We just meant to say that you look good."

"Yeah," Kuwabara said. "That punk Hiei's a lucky bastard."

"And you are merely a fool," Hiei replied, coming out of his room to join them.

Starfire, Botan, Yukina, Genkai, and Raven saw Hiei, and like the guys had done with Raven, they were gaping in amazement. Hiei just smirked at them.

"So, Raven, shall we go?" he asked, his eyes moving up and down her black-clad frame.

"Yes, let's go," Raven replied.

"You'd better have her home by midnight, young man," Kurama quipped, while somehow managing to sound perfectly serious.

Hiei just stared. "Kitsune," he said, and departed. (A/N: I'm sure by now you YYH fans know that "kitsune" means "fox" or "fox spirit" in Japanese, so this is just for the newly initiated animé fans.)

"Where will we go?" Hiei asked.

"I'll take you to my favorite place to get a drink," Raven replied.

Said favorite place turned out to be a gothic café. Hiei looked around and saw that the café was filled with people dressed in dark clothes.

"So you like this place," Hiei said. "Not bad."

"I knew you'd like it," Raven replied. "So do I."

A young woman in a corset-style black top and leather pants was on stage. "Tonight is open mike night. If anyone here has any demons they want to release through poetry, tonight is your chance."

Hiei smiled. This is perfect. He went up to the stage.

"So you want to share?" the young woman asked.

"Yes," Hiei replied.

"All right, then," the young woman said, and let him have the stage.

"This poem I call 'Devour,' and it is dedicated to my yami no tenshi, my ankoku no sei," Hiei replied. (A/N: "Yami" and "ankoku" both mean "dark" or "darkness" in Japanese. "Tenshi" means "angel" and "sei" means "star." In Japanese, "no" is used possessively, like "'s" in English, so "yami no tenshi" means "darkness's angel" or "angel of darkness," and "ankoku no sei" means "darkness's star" or "star of darkness.")

Raven looked up in surprise, amazement, and growing love.

"I see you, and I want you.

I desire you, I need you.

It consumes me, like a dark abyss,

And yet I would fall in willingly.

I cannot help but love you.

I cannot help but yearn for you.

For you are my ankoku no itoshii koishii.

I want you all to myself.

I don't want to ever share you with anyone else.

For you are mine, and mine alone.

Sometimes, I wish to devour you.

Yes, I want to devour you.

I want to drink your black honey.

I want to feel your darkness within me.

I want to drown in your black waters.

And I want you to devour me.

I want you to consume me whole,

Until I am within you forever.

For I love you.

I need you.

I want to devour you."

Hiei stepped off the stage to an accompaniment of enthusiastic applause. He walked over to Raven and smiled softly.

"Was that poem for me?" Raven asked with uncharacteristic shyness.

"Yes, it was," Hiei replied. (A/N: "Itoshii" is Japanese for "beautiful" and "koishii" is Japanese for "beloved," "darling," or any traditional term of affection you care to use.) "My beautiful beloved of darkness."

Later, they walked down the street, looking for all the world like any typical young couple in love.

"I heard of a nightclub that specializes in the darker forms of music," Hiei said. "Would you like to go there with me?"

"It might be interesting," Raven replied.

Once they entered the club, the first sight to greet their eyes was dark, muted lights. A closer examination of the nightclub revealed that it was designed in such a way as to look much like the netherworld. What was impossible not to notice was the throng of dancing people. Of course, there was the dance music that was playing, which was, as Hiei had told Raven, dark.

"May I have this dance?" Hiei asked.

Raven smiled. "I would be honored."

And so they danced together. Their movements were fluid and graceful, perhaps unnaturally so. Also, they were in perfect harmony with each other as they danced.

"She's a time bomb, with her vibe on

She's gonna use it and surprise them.

She's a time bomb, with her vibe on

They'll never know where she got her weapon."

(A/N: The preceding was the chorus of a song I got off the second full album by Kidneythieves, "Zerospace." The song itself is titled "Arsenal" and is the third track on the album. I know well enough because I own it. Next time you get a chance to do some CD shopping --- if you're a fan of the industrial rock genre --- then buy that album.)

"Damn, I didn't know Hiei could move like that!" Brave Raven commented.

"Now, Raven, remember what I taught you," Perverted Raven said. "Show him some moves of your own." This was said with an evil smile.

Raven's hips moved sensuously to the beat of the music, drawing Hiei's attention. Not only did it gain his attention, it also sent all the blood in his body rushing to a certain appendage that only males were usually supposed to possess.

After about an hour's worth of dancing, Hiei looked up at the skylight. The moon was only minutes away from reaching its peak. As a matter of fact, his self-control was rapidly reaching its limits. Any longer, and he'd probably end up taking Raven in front of all the patrons of the club.

Raven looked up, noticing the moon's position as well.

"We should go," she said.

So they left.

"Now where are we going to go?" Raven asked. "We can't go to the Tower; don't want to disturb everyone else there."

"There is somewhere we can go where we won't be interrupted," Hiei replied.

End Notes: I hate to end it there and piss you all off, my loyal fans, but I must. Don't worry; the next chapter will take up right where this one left off. Unfortunately, you won't get to see it on FF.Net due to their ban on all NC-17 fanfictions. However, I will post it on www.mediaminer.org and www.adultfanfiction.net. If you want to know where to find it on the first site, then look in the YYH section and adjust the filter so that it only shows NC-17 fics, if you want to save time. For the other site, look in the Comics section, then go to the Teen Titans link.